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Originally Posted by Skipscards
Whittmm, maybe I did miss the point. But it was never the bar.
Yes, McGriff got in. I would have voted for him. But like most VC inductees he was a borderline candidate. The borderline has players below it and above it. The BBWAA didn’t keep him out because of 7 HRs. In his best ballot, over 60% rejected him as a Hall of Famer. 7 more HRs may have picked up a few more votes, but not 35% more. The writers knew why McGriff missed 500 but at the time he is being considered there are players hitting 600 clean HRs. HRs were simply devalued in his era and he lacked any really eye-popping seasons.
The BBWAA may not always know best, but they have 100% of the time inducted slam dunk candidates who weren’t associated with PEDs. Every BBWAA HOFer was well above any reasonable line, and every 1st ballot HOFer even more so.
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When you have decades of proof showing every clean player that's reached a mark has gotten in, that makes it a bar. Until someone hits that mark who is way behind in every other stat. Then the bar gets raised.
I didn't know I was talking to the spokesman for the BBWAA. Anyways back to the question. Schwarber isn't getting in, 500 hrs or not.